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Health

Licensed practical nurse Starlette Sumpter administers COVID-19 vaccinations at a clinic
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

‘Today we take the fight to the virus’: Montco opens first COVID vaccine clinic

Phase 1A health care workers who live or work in Montgomery County were inoculated by appointment only at the community college in Blue Bell.

6 years ago

a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Broke in Philly

Pa. coronavirus update: DHS Secretary urges those in need to apply for benefits

Congress has expanded eligibility for SNAP, Secretary Miller urges Pennsylvanians to apply.

6 years ago

Battalion Chief Lisa Forrest receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 6, 2021 from Captain April Smallwood.
Philadelphia
Public Health

Fighting vaccine skepticism, Philly fire department presses forward with shots

About 100 emergency medical workers have gotten a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But about half offered the vaccine have declined, officials said.

6 years ago

Volunteers and health officials hold a dry run for the coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in Allahabad
NPR
International
Public Health

What will it take to end the COVID-19 pandemic?

Health experts agree that, to end the pandemic, the world needs to immunize a large percentage of Earth's population. And that population needs to be distributed evenly.

6 years ago

SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, shown in red, have heavily infected a cell in this colorized scanning electron micrograph.
NPR
Biology
Public Health

How COVID-19 attacks the brain and may cause lasting damage

Many patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19 are discharged with symptoms such as those associated with a brain injury.

6 years ago

A health care worker holds a sample from a coronavirus test in a sealed plastic bag.
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. lags nation in people tested per day, is nowhere near level needed to suppress the virus

Suppression testing would require the state to increase daily testing nearly four times over, but that’s the only way to use it as a tool to actually slow down the virus.

6 years ago

The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Health Care
Pennsylvania

1,400 nurses and health care professionals score new contracts with Crozer

The agreements bring pay increases and staffing adjustments for PASNAP members at four facilities in Delaware County.

6 years ago

James Kerr, an EMT with Emergency Medical Staffing Solutions, enters the Chester County Public Health Department’s health clinic to receive the Moderna vaccine. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus update: More doses of vaccine, faster distribution and more federal funding needed

The new COVID-19 relief package has funding for vaccine distribution but the money hasn’t arrived yet.

6 years ago

Listen 1:46
Pharmacists prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Aging
National
Public Health

COVID-19 vaccine may not get to long-term care facilities quickly enough

Coronavirus vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

6 years ago

Nurse Reynaldo Pella, left, was one of five staff members to simultaneously receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
Health Care
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. looks to retired medical professionals to speed pace of COVID-19 vaccinations

Doctors, nurses, paramedics and others who go back on active duty can help protect frontline workers against COVID-19 and give vaccination efforts a shot in the arm.

6 years ago

Gov. Murphy looks on as frontline health care workers at University Hospital in Newark received their second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Medicine
New Jersey
Public Health

Confidence delivered with second shot of COVID vaccine

Frontline health workers in N.J. receive their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week.

6 years ago

A health care worker holds up a syringe containing a COVID-19 vaccine at Roosevelt Care Center
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Fraction of vaccines distributed, two mega sites to open Friday

Gov. Murphy praised the state for administering 101,417 vaccinations by Monday, but that is just a fraction of the roughly 400,000 doses sent to New Jersey.

6 years ago

Dr. Dan Gottlieb
Behavioral Health
Mental Health

How to spot the ‘bright stars’ in our lives and find peace after a difficult year

WHYY’s Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with psychologist Dan Gottlieb about how to find peace and well-being in the wake of a stressful 2020.

6 years ago

Listen 5:19
A Penn Medicine worker receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus update: With holidays over, vaccination effort expected to ramp up

“What we need to do now is to continue all the mitigation efforts … stay at home, do not participate in large or small gatherings,” Levine said.

6 years ago

Paraprofessional Jessica Wein helps Josh Nazzaro, who lives with autism, with his classwork while attending class virtually from his home
Kids
Pennsylvania
Public Health
WITF

Thousands of Pa. children with autism are set to lose access to treatment in mid-January

A change at the state level is blocking funding for a type of one-on-one therapy when conducted at clinics rather than in the home.

6 years ago

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